Annual Holiday Lights Train 2014

Our trip to Georgetown to ride the Holiday Lights Train is one of my favorite holiday traditions.  It's so Colorado-like up there!  This year was frigid, but we had a great time anyway.  

 Waiting for the train--brrrr!

 Hats all around!  And hot cocoa. 

 This was the first year there was frost on the inside of the windows.

 Santa was chillin' after a busy holiday season.

 

 Georgetown is so pretty with all the holiday lights!

Great end to the evening at the Alpine...our favorite spot!

Merry Christmas 2014!

*Yep, it's almost Valentine's Day & I'm posting about Christmas...  Better late than never, right?!

The boys had a good haul on Christmas, as usual.  They were (mostly) good again this year & Santa was willing to overlook the minor offenses.  (Thank goodness!)

 Did Santa bring the new Wii U for the boys or Sean?  Hard to tell...

 Sean's big box o' clothes.  Winner!

 New bears and Legos.

 Sweet boys.

 Silly boys!

 Twisted boys.

 ...and Mimi! :-)

 Kelsie Rae & Tay Tay kept things lively.

 Working hard on the annual Christmas trivia game.  Thanks, Mom!  We love your tradition.

 The whole crew.  See my new light fixture?!  That was one of my presents & I love it!

The day ended with a white Christmas snowfall and stories from Mimi.

Our Christmas wasn't perfect, but I was happy to celebrate with the ones I love most and thankful for our many blessings.  Hope you all enjoyed the same!

Santa Sighting

We love Sean's company for lots of reasons, but one of them is their family-centeredness (is that a word?). The boys went to the annual Santa party at the office and got to tell the Big Guy what they were wanting this year.  You'll notice their lists are made on recycled office paper.  Gotta love having an environmentally friendly Dad! ;-)

 Cookies in the lobby.

 Santa's here!!!

 Talking things over with Santa.  They always get a book and a "stuffie" from him.  So sweet!

Loved this view of the church across the street as we were leaving the office. Beautiful scene!

Christmas Awesome-ness

Mimi, Sister & I went to see A Christmas Carol a few days before Christmas.  We started our fun evening at Sister's apartment for champagne & gifts!  The boys were thrilled to get their goodies...thanks, Sister!

 Rein-beer for Sean got an approval from Gwyneth. :-)

 Showing off their Slinkys.

 Heading out for our night on the town!

 We walked to Union Station for dinner after the show.  Loved all the lights in LoDo!  Thanks for a fun night, ladies.  Let's do it again next year!

Holiday Party, Wild West Style

Sean's company Christmas party is one of the highlights of our holiday season.  It is such a treat!  This year, the theme was "Murder in the Wild West" (or something like that).  They decorated the country club to resemble a saloon and we all had parts to play.  Our characters were visiting the big poker tournament from back East.  Hence, the more Victorian costumes.  It was a fun night!

 Loved the burlap and bandannas!

Thank goodness for Katie, a fellow Engineer wife.  I had a blast enjoying the party with her & loved her pregnant cowgirl look.  So cute!!!  Can't wait until next year...

Christmas Cookies

I promised the boys we could do Gingerbread cookies before Christmas & boy did they enjoy it!  Any excuse to use frosting and candy to be creative is a hit at our house.  Lots of sampling was done along the way...for quality control, of course.  

 Concentrating hard.

Ta-da!